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TenebrousGaze Dark Eye from A Shaded Face Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
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#301: Feb 24th 2015 at 9:47:15 AM

Not really fond of it. I found (and can't remember the link to) some of what the creator said about it and the grimdarkness is self-aware but it still just doesn't really feel like PR. It's a generic violent dark flick with a few character designs and names tacked on.

Very good production qualities though. Fight choreography and visual effects are good.

edited 24th Feb '15 9:48:31 AM by TenebrousGaze

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#302: Feb 24th 2015 at 1:11:57 PM

There's a nice cameo from the actress who played Rita in the U.S footage of MMPR-In Space at the end

edited 24th Feb '15 1:12:09 PM by Zarius

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#303: Feb 24th 2015 at 1:17:06 PM

Rocky, Bulk and Skull being villains seems really random.

GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#304: Feb 24th 2015 at 2:01:13 PM

Was that supposed to be Scorpina and Divatox in bed with Zac? That was odd. I liked the interpretation for the suits and Tommy's shield being Hard Light.

edited 24th Feb '15 2:02:19 PM by GethKnight

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#305: Feb 24th 2015 at 2:04:41 PM

[up]Yeah that was Scorpina and Divatox.

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#306: Feb 24th 2015 at 2:05:29 PM

Bulk and Skull rather seem like evil opportunists than full blown villains

Unless this was just Rita screwing around

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GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#307: Feb 24th 2015 at 2:07:22 PM

[up][up]I figured they were just two random hookers.

As for Bulk and Skull, they did say it was payback. They probably were tired of the Rangers behavior towards them in highschool.

SgtRicko Since: Jul, 2009
#308: Feb 25th 2015 at 9:13:02 AM

They also showed Cestria's name in the credits, but there weren't any other females who appeared in the video. Got a feeling whatever part she was in might've been cut out, because even Divatox and Scorpina's appearances were so brief and hard to notice, let alone recognize.

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#309: Feb 25th 2015 at 12:59:46 PM

Slightly related

Atomic Robo's take on "gritty Power Rangers."

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windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
TenebrousGaze Dark Eye from A Shaded Face Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
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#311: Feb 25th 2015 at 2:24:12 PM

As he isn't making any money off it I don't think it should actually be taken down but they basically tried to be as NSFW as possible and made it explicitly Power Rangers so I'm not surprised.

On a more positive note, Dino Charge is actually good so far. That's nice.

GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#312: Feb 25th 2015 at 2:30:26 PM

I tried watching Dino Charge, the episode with Green, Red, and Pink flip that car. I laughed when the guy the car was on top of just got up as if nothing happened after the fact. And the car blowing up for no reason.

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#313: Feb 25th 2015 at 2:31:13 PM

I dunno if Dino Charge is good or not, but the theme is amazing.

My various fanfics.
KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#314: Feb 25th 2015 at 7:53:22 PM

Regarding the fan film, just using completely original footage and not making money on the project isn't enough to avoid legal issues. Using such a film to gain investors (versus using it as a resume/demo reel) on a new project is also sketchy. There is also a precedence for damage to the brand name. I already mentioned it on the film section page, but the fan film is not even that good of a parody, just a really dark and bloody sci-fi film using Power Ranger names and costumes.

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#315: Feb 25th 2015 at 8:11:15 PM

And speaking as a huge sentai fan, it reeks of the same problem I had with man of Steel.

Slapping a brand name on a dark and gritty superhero movie doesnt mean it cant be a good movie..but it does mean it cant be a good SUPERMAN movie. The same goes for sentai, sure, you can make it grimdark as shit..but that kind of misses the point that even the grimdarkiest of Toku shows, Garo, wildly embraces how ridiculous the concept is.

GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#316: Feb 25th 2015 at 10:27:03 PM

Several original Power Rangers actors have said they enjoyed it.

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#317: Feb 25th 2015 at 11:54:54 PM

I think it works when you look at it in contrast to power rangers instead of "dark and gritty power rangers"

Its the Game of Thrones to the normals Lord of the Rings...if that makes sense.

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Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#318: Feb 26th 2015 at 6:29:24 AM

I dunno. I suppose that analogy would work better if I had any interest at all in Game of Thrones >_>

Sisi Since: Oct, 2012
#319: Feb 26th 2015 at 7:42:24 AM

I actually...kinda liked it. Yeah it's grimdark. But's fun too, in a "my childhood as an r-rated movie" kinda way. Or maybe it's just because Katee Sackhoff's in it XD.

I do like the costuming, fight choreography and Tommy's shield too. And the nods to David Yost and Thuy Trang.

Moving on, I am like Dino Charge. I think Chase is probably my favourite for now. He's a flirt, but an endearing one. And the theme song does indeed rock. It reminds of Jungle Fury with the jungle-style intro music, except we have drums here instead if xylophones. And the new lyrics are good fit with the old Go-Go lyrics.

edited 26th Feb '15 7:45:13 AM by Sisi

GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#320: Feb 26th 2015 at 8:03:38 AM

What were the nods to David Yost? I got Trini's funeral, but that was about it.

Dino Charge: I do like that Red, Yellow, and Green come in after two Rangers already have their powers.

Sisi Since: Oct, 2012
#321: Feb 26th 2015 at 8:27:20 AM

The fact that Billy was gay. It was a quick mention, but it was there.

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Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#323: Feb 26th 2015 at 12:02:06 PM

I really enjoyed the fan film. I think it had nice affectionate meta nods (Billy being gay), it looked very stylish, it had fun putting everything under a realist microscope (child soldiers), Bulk and Skull probably let their humiliations in the older seasons define their characters as opposed to the official ones who shrugged them off and grew into reluctant heroes. I wish they had gotten Zordon as Tommy's personal pocket A.I or something, with Rita then stepping on the A.I projector while advancing on Tommy. "Guess his power did'nt protect him"

And it appears Jason David Frank's been fibbing a bit

edited 26th Feb '15 12:03:00 PM by Zarius

Sisi Since: Oct, 2012
#324: Feb 26th 2015 at 12:09:52 PM

Yeah...I've heard he has an ego problem. That he was pretty much the only PR cast member to condemn Medina after his arrest hasn't endeared him to the fans either.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#325: Feb 26th 2015 at 1:32:32 PM

I haven't watched Power Rangers in years, but I watched the fan film the other day.

Not gonna lie, it was pretty hard to watch. It's almost as if this guy (can't remember his name at the moment) hates it or something. And did he really have to throw in drugs, strong language, and sex?

And that plot twist was like...whoa.

But yeah, I'm not a fan.

Johnny Yong Bosch was in Power Rangers for a while, right? I wonder what are his thoughts on the thing. I know Jason David Frank wasn't so big on it.


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